The 2019–20 NBA G League season was the 19th season of the

NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official List of developmental and minor sports leagues, minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development ...

, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the

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(NBA). The season was suspended indefinitely on March 12, 2020, following the NBA's suspension due to the

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. The remainder of the season was cancelled on June 4.

League changes

The

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' G League franchise that had been playing as the Erie BayHawks since 2017 relocated as planned to

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, following the completion of the

Gateway Center Arena Gateway Center Arena at College Park is a multi-purpose arena in College Park, Georgia. It is the home venue of the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League and the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The arena's fir ...

and were renamed the

College Park Skyhawks The College Park Skyhawks are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in College Park, Georgia, and are affiliated with the Atlanta Hawks. The Skyhawks play their home games at Gateway Center Arena at College Park a ...

. The New Orleans Pelicans then launched its own expansion team for the 2019–20 season that will operate another iteration of the Erie BayHawks, but plan to relocate their G League franchise to

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, at a renovated

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by 2022. The

Maine Red Claws The Maine Celtics (formerly the Maine Red Claws) are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Portland, Maine, and are affiliated with the Boston Celtics. The Maine Celtics play their home games at the Portland Expo B ...

agreed to a sale to their parent team, the Boston Celtics, after having a hybrid affiliation with the Celtics since 2012.

Regular season

Final standings when the season was curtailed on March 12, 2020: x – qualified for playoffs; y – Division champion; z – Conference champion

Eastern Conference

;Atlantic Division ;Central Division ;Southeast Division

Western Conference

;Midwest Division ;Pacific Division ;Southwest Division

Awards

Player of the Week

References

External links

Official website
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